SmileOnMyMac Blog

For the second entry in our new “Smileworthy” category, in which we highlight software we like and use from other software companies, we chose SpamSieve. Like our first entry, LaunchBar, Philip, Greg and I all use this. It is another application we would not want to live without.

SpamSieve will keep your email inbox nearly free of unwanted email. It uses Bayesian filtering to determine if an email is spam. And it is smart! It gets better at filtering the longer you use it. If something spammy gets by SpamSieve, you mark it as spam and SpamSieve learns from that. Likewise, if a “good” email is snagged by SpamSieve, you can mark it as such.

In practice, I get a few spam emails in my inbox everyday, but the vast majority go into the Spam folder automatically. I rarely get a “false positive,” i.e. a good email that is falsely sent to the Spam folder.

Another thing we at SmileOnMyMac can really appreciate: great customer support. All my emails to the developer are answered very promptly–and very helpfully.

Here’s a photo at the Apple Store in the Alderwood Mall in Lynnwood, Washington, north of Seattle. Being Labor Day, we took my young friend Clara for some final back-to-school clothes shopping. I spotted the Apple Store, and Clara graciously posed for me.

Clara might not know what a PDF is, but she does know all about Macintosh, despite being raised in a PC household. She loves making little movies with me on my MacBook Pro, and she always asks to see the latest “Get-A-Mac” ads.

iPhone to the Rescue

Neither Clara’s mom (my best friend from college) nor I had ever been to the Alderwood Mall. We had no idea where anything was or even if we were in the right place when we first pulled into the parking lot. “Not a problem,” I said. “We’ll find the mall directory on the iPhone.” And we did. I pegged the cool meter with Clara, to boot. (Just don’t ask me to go back to Abercrombie & Fitch…)

C’mon, all you mall rats. Send photos of PDFpen at your local Apple Store to jean@smileonmymac.com – and get a free SmileOnMyMac app!